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Major Cities in Iowa with Drug Rehab and Treatment Centers:
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Drug Rehab Iowa
is here to help people with drug and/or alcohol abuse problems in Iowa. find treatment options. Due to our diverse networking system we can find a treatment option tailored to each individuals specific situation and needs. We are able to provide all phases of recovery included but not limited to, alcohol and/or drug intervention, drug and/or alcohol detox, in-patient treatment, out-patient treatment, short term treatment (30 days or less), long term treatment (90 days or longer).
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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Iowa. At Drug Rehab Iowa we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Iowa, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Iowa. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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We realize that each individual in Iowa. is in a different financial situation and we will find treatment options for each individual regardless of their financial situation. No matter what your financial situation everyone will receive the treatment help they are looking for.
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Curbing meth use demands 3-pronged attack in IowaMethamphetamine addiction has taken root in Siouxland's cities and small towns, growing into the fabric of our communities in Iowa, whether we are aware of it or not.
The super-charged, highly addictive stimulant found a lucrative market in Siouxland, Iowa in the early 1990s and an attractive network of interstate highways, handy for multi-state distribution. Since then meth has pushed its way to a top spot on the illicit drug parade. Second only to marijuana now, use appeared to level off in 1998-99. But it has never dropped. By 2000 it was on the rise again.
Long before that, law enforcement had recognized that meth is a new breed of drug and would not soon fall from favor.
Once found almost exclusively among 20-somethings, arrests show meth use widely spread among those in their 30s and 40s, reaching down as young as 12 and up to people in their 50s and even 60s. Meth is by far No. 1 in federal drug cases prosecuted here now. Iowa Law enforcement officers say it's a factor in many more crimes, such as theft, burglary and domestic abuse. It even shows up, second only to marijuana, in pre-employment drug tests.
Meth is not grown like marijuana or cocaine. It is man-made using corrosive chemicals such as battery acid, anhydrous ammonia and lantern fuel. There are two main methods for cooking meth. Both require ephedrine, a legal substance found in many cold medicines.
Meth can be used by snorting, smoking, injecting or even ingesting it. It is highly psychologically addictive and alters the brain's chemistry in such a way that some users report cravings for more even after just one use.
Mexican drug cartels and Southwestern U.S. motorcycle gangs were the largest suppliers to the Siouxland market when it first appeared here. Now the area's meth comes mostly from mega-labs based in Southern California, which can produce 100 pounds at a time.
We're becoming adept at making our own meth, too, although usually just an ounce at a time. While Iowa law enforcement officials concede they have no way to know for sure, they estimate 5 to 15 percent of Siouxland's supply is cooked up in local "labs" consisting of ordinary kitchen utensils and legally available ingredients. Many are set up in rural houses, motel rooms, RVs and even in the backseats of cars, making them hard to find and adding toxic litter to country ditches.
In 1999, Iowa authorities uncovered two labs; through Dec. 1 this year, they have found 552. Nebraska has reported a similar jump.
Being manufactured, the meth supply is immune to the pressures of a poor growing season, alternative crop programs in Columbia, or confiscations at the border.
Old debates over whether to concentrate resources on cutting off the supply or curbing the demand have morphed into widespread recognition that a three-pronged, long-term attack is needed: education for prevention; law enforcement for control; and treatment for restoring users to productive lives.
'It's the devil's drug'
Ironically, a longtime addict and a longtime undercover Iowa narcotics agent interviewed for this series see meth startlingly alike.
The addict, who has gotten "clean" at least three times and claims to hate the feeling the drug gives her now, calls meth "the devil's drug." Wanting to be identified only as Brandi, she says meth's pervasiveness is "a sign of the end of the world" as depicted in the Bible.
The narcotics agent, Todd Jones, who works out of Iowa's Crawford County, compares meth's ubiquity and effects to the opium epidemic that nearly destroyed Chinese society in the early 19th century.
Meth is anything but cheap
Sometimes called "poor man's cocaine," meth offers an intense high similar to cocaine, but sells for well below half its price -- about $45 an 8-ball, or 1/8th ounce -- accounting for its popularity in the Midwest.
Meth is readily available in urban and rural communities alike. It may cost a little more in the small towns, a function of supply and demand. Jones said fewer dealers mean less competition, thus higher prices. More sources in larger cities keep prices there lower.
At any price, there is no assurance of quality. Jones said he has bought meth as little as 3 or 4 percent pure, a fact he thinks is driving the rise in local labs. He notes that at 80 percent purity or more, meth is deadly.
Regardless of market price or purity, meth is anything but cheap.
Among its victims -- in addition to users, torn-apart families, damaged and neglected children and employers who feel a number of ramifications -- are taxpayers.
Iowa Law enforcement departments, courts, jails and prisons are flooded with methamphetamine and related cases. Most of the accused are employed at the time of their arrest.
The rural communities are equally caught up in it, with arrests for meth occurring in many towns, from Spirit Lake, Iowa to Norfolk, Neb., from Storm Lake to Elk Point, S.D., and beyond.
Medical expenses add to the cost of meth use. The drug causes the brain to flood itself with releases of dopamine, the substance that gives us the feeling of pleasure -- all the while damaging the brain in way researchers liken to Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases.
Meth can cause heart attacks, strokes and death, sometimes in even first-time users and sometimes in newborn babies, increasingly exposed in utero as more women turn to meth.
And, meth use has recently found to sometimes coexist with a list of mental illnesses, such as depression and manic episodes, especially in teens.
There is no cure for meth addiction, no anti-meth drug. There is only recovery, which relies on intense behavioral treatment such as stress management and coping skills, and offers success rates between 20 and 30 percent. Like cigarette smokers, meth users may quit multiple times before achieving long-term success.
Public spending on combating meth is growing along with its use.
A steady stream of announcements from representatives and senators in Des Moines, Pierre, Lincoln and Washington, D.C., trumpet state and federal grants or appropriations for law enforcement training and equipment, meth treatment, education, illegal lab clean-up and meth-exposed child protection, among other activities. Awards range from the tens-of-thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars.
If any drug can prove wrong the user's age-old defense that theirs is a victimless crime, it is methamphetamine.
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